To have served
No one ever called Sergei lulevich Witte a mediocrity. Beyond question, he was the ablest and most influential minister to have served in the twilight years of the Russian monarchy.
"Sergey Witte" by Sidney Harcave.
Don't you find the use of a perfect infinitive superflous here? I would say " He was the ablest minister to serve"-because being the ablest is simulatenous with serving, whilst the perfect infinitive suggests that someting happened earlier. I was lucky to have met him before-means I was lucky in the past ( I was admitted to he hospital ) because I had met this doctor in the pre past, so that he knew my condition. Thanks a lot.
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The Russian Monarchy ended in the early 1900's, so the writer is describing the past. The perfect infinitive is the correct choice.
- The Russian Monarchy ended in the early 1900's, so the writer is describing the past.
- The perfect infinitive is the correct choice.
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The Russian Monarchy ended in the early 1900's, so the writer is describing the past. The perfect infinitive is the correct choice.
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